Toy Review - Studio Series 26 Bumblebee (WWII)

[GoktimusPrime]

WWII BUMBLEBEE
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Studio Series
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 5
Released here - January 2019
Approximate Retail Price - $29
Approximate Size - 12cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Humber Light Reconnaissance "Ironside" car
Main Features/Gimmicks - rotatable turret
Main Colours - green
Main Accessories - hammer, pistol

Vehicle Mode





Robot Mode







Overall Thoughts

PROS:
+ Realistic looking vehicle mode with armoured faux kibble on the robot mode
+ 16 points of articulation
+ The hammer and pistol accessories are very nice and used in both modes

CONS:
- Shellformer much
- Backpack kibble interferes with leg articulation and blocks the stand-hole
- Nigh impossible to get all of the vehicle panels to sit flush, especially the roof panel
- The pistol fits so loosely on the roof hole that it can swing about on its own, rendering the rotating base gimmick pointless

Not an awful toy per se, but certainly the most disappointing Studio Series Bumblebee toy yet. Furthermore, the alt mode isn't movie accurate... although the movie model is also weird. In The Last Knight WWII Bumblebee transforms into a Mercedes Benz car but has the alt mode kibble of a Humber Scout car in robot mode. Either way, he was never a Humber Ironside. But honestly that doesn't bug me - the biggest let down is how impossible it is to get that bloody roof panel to sit flush. This is due to the hammer head causing the roof panel to bulge out, but you also need the hammer in place to form the turret, so it's part of the alt mode.